Programme

The 3rd World Summit on Arts and Culture addressed the theme Transforming Places, Transforming Livesand discussed the role of culture in regeneration.

The Summit programme explored three key topics:

• Physical regeneration – places, spaces, buildings, cities, rural environment.
• Economic regeneration – creative investment, artists’ economies, cultural tourism, impact on business.
• Social regeneration– people, pride, identity, communities, diversity, migration and artistic transformation.

The programme for the 5th World Summit was developed by Programme Director Andrew Dixon (UK) who was the Chief Executive of the NewcastleGateshead Initiative.

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Programme Participants

The 3rd World Summit included keynote sessions with:

Sir Ken Robinson (UK/USA), acclaimed author and Senior Adviser, Education, The Getty Foundation who focussed on why the world should invest in culture.

Rick Lowe (USA), Project Row Houses, Houston presented a case study on the inspiration behind a piece of artwork led to artists regenerating a housing estate in a culturally charged neighbourhood in Houston, Texas.

Judge Albie Sachs (South Africa), former South African freedom fighter and member of the Constitutional Court who spoke about the role of culture in rebuilding the nation.

The final day of the Summit included two key panel presentations:

A Specialist Panel: Culture and the Olympic Games which included presentations from Jude Kelly OBE (UK), Artistic Director, South Bank Centre, and Craig Hassall (Australia), Sydney 2000 Olympic Games and Managing Director, English National Ballet. The Specialist Panel was chaired by Dr Beatriz Garcia (Spain), RCUK Academic Fellow, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow.

A Keynote presentation: The Montréal story – from local to global with three presenters including Gaétan Morency (Canada), Vice President of Public, Social and Cultural Affairs, Cirque du Soleil; Simon Brault (Canada), Deputy Chair, Canada Council of Arts and Chaired by Philippe Quéau (France), UNESCO Representative for the Maghreb.

The programme included 61 speakers, including:

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